THE MINING POD: Big Changes Are Coming to the Texas Grid w/ Lee Bratcher
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🗓️ 14 July 2025
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Summary
The recently passed SB 6 in Texas will shake up how large loads connect to and manage power in Texas’ ERCOT system.
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Welcome back to The Mining Pod! Today, Lee Bratcher, President of the Texas Blockchain Council, joins us to talk about the newly signed Senate Bill 6 that completely overhauls interconnection and curtailment rules for large loads over 75MW on the Texas grid. We cover the four primary pillars of this legislation, why the 4CP program changes could be more consequential than other provisions, and how this affects Bitcoin miners versus AI data centers.
**Notes:**
• ERCOT expects 150GW growth by 2030 vs 120GW realistic
• 4CP minimum transmission charge could add 1¢/kWh
• 25,000MW of solar now on Texas grid vs near zero 5 years ago
• Large loads over 75MW subject to remote disconnect
• Bitcoin miners typically curtail at $100/MWh range
• Phantom load applications clog interconnection queue
Timestamps:
00:00 Start
02:45 What is SB6?
03:54 Clarification
05:23 Behind the meter
06:49 Remote disconnect
09:09 Changes to 4CP program
14:28 Minimal transmission charge
18:32 NatGas behind the meter
20:05 Load redundancy
22:43 Phantom load
24:33 Loads covering infra cost
28:31 Rollout timeline
30:56 Voltage requirements
37:23 Is this a good bill?
40:56 Batteries
42:56 Wrap up
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| 0:21.7 | on y'all? Welcome back to the mining pod. For today's show, we have the president of the Texas |
| 0:26.3 | blockchain council, Lee Bratcher on, to talk about the newly signed to law Senate Bill 6. |
| 0:32.0 | Now, for those who haven't been paying attention, Senate Bill 6 basically completely overhauls |
| 0:36.5 | the interconnection rules and the curtailment |
| 0:39.6 | rules for large loads over 75 megawatts on the Texas grid. So we cover what Lee believes are the four |
| 0:46.5 | main pillars of this bill over the course of this conversation and also why some of the most |
| 0:51.1 | important provisions like how they are going to change for CP |
| 0:54.1 | are not totally hammered out yet, and why that could actually be more consequential than |
| 0:58.3 | some of the other aspects of the bill. So I hope you all enjoy. I thought this was really |
| 1:02.1 | informatively is always a great resource on these things. And the Texas Blockchain Council |
| 1:06.2 | has been fighting in the background for Bitcoin miners and kind of hammering out some of the legislation |
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